Washing-machine



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WASHING MACHINE.

lllllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. CARRICO, OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,557, dated July 8,1890.

Application filed March 15 1890. Serial No. 343,998. (No model.)

.To all wiz/0m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY F. CARRIoo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paducah, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines, more especially of thatclass in which an oscillating rubber rubs the clothes over a rough`ribbed periphery and stationary portions at the ends of its top, anoscillating shaft mounted in semicircular bearings at the center of thesides and in their upper edges, a removable top piece closing theotherwise open top of the box, and an operating-lever pivoted instandards on said top piece and carrying a toothed segment engaging agear-wheel on said shaft, the whole operating as hereinafter more fullydescribed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of this machine complete. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan View with the topremoved, and Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of said top.

The letter B designates a box of substantial semicircular shape, havingits periphery of corrugated galvanized iron forming a rubber or Washboard W, all as is common in this class of machines. The top of this boxis open at the center; but end pieces E securely close the ends of saidtop, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The box is supported on suitable legs, asshown, and may be of any desi-red size and material preferred. At thecenter of each side piece of the box and in its upper edge is formed asemicircular bearing S, and in these bearings are removably seated thereduced ends h of a shaft H. Pendent bars P preferably extend downwardlyfrom near each end of this shaft, and sliding loosely upon these bars,near their headed ends, isa dasher or rubber D, pressed normallydownward by the coiled springs C. The lower face of this dasher isprovided with studs or spurs U, which take into the clothes being washedand prevent the dasher from slipping over them without rubbing them overthe corrugated bottom, all as will be clearly understood by a personfamiliar with this branch of the art.

The letter T designates the removable cover for the box B, which covermaybe secured to the box proper by any suitable means, as buttons X.Rising from the upper face of this cover is a pair of standardsrs,between the upper ends of which is pivoted the operatinglever O,whichhas a toothed segment o at its lower end. The shaft 'H carries agear-wheel G, whose upper face stands normally above the upper edges ofthe sides of the box, and the coverTis provided with a hole t, throughwhich this gear extends when the parts are assembled, whereby thesegment and gear are permitted to interinesh. A reciprocation of theoperating-lever O therefore causes a simultaneous reciprocationoroscillation of the rubberD and effects the washingof the clothes.

When it is desired to insert the clothes to be washed, the cover T isunfastenedand removed, after which the shaft H, and with it the dasherD, is bodily `removed from the box. Access can then be had to the latterthrough the opening in the top, as will be obvious. After the clothesare inserted the shaft and cover are replaced, and the lever isreciprocated` to wash the clothes, as above described. The clothes whenwashed are removed in the same manner.

Much difficulty has been heretofore experienced in machines of thischaracter, owing 'to the cover leaking varound the sides and ends of thebox where the water is splashed up against it, and this difculty Iovercome in the present instance by securely and irremovably fasteningthe end portions E of the top of the sides of the box and having onlythe central portion thereof removable. The

peculiar compound motion of the reciprocating mechanism also adds to theeiciency of the machine, because it permits the pivot of IOO the dasherto be placed lower in the box, and therefore the latter can be made on asmaller circle than heretofore, and yet the same amount of power isimparted to the machine as formerly.

I claim as the salient points of my invention- 1. In a Washing-machine,the combination, with the box, a shaft pivoted in the sides thereof, adasher supported by said shaft, and a gear-wheel thereon, of theremovable cover having a hole through which said gear projects,standards on said cover, and an operating-lever pivoted between saidstandards and having a segment at its lower end meshing with said gear,as set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, -With the semicircular boxhaving corrugated bottom and ends, the vertical sides thereof havingsemicircularbearings at their centers in their upper edges, andirremovable end pieces forming portions of the top, of a shaft havingreduced ends journaled in said bearings, a dasher carried by said shaftand a gear thereon, and a removable cover closely fitting between saidend pieces and provided with a hole through which said gear projects,standards on said cover, and an operatinglever pivoted between saidstandards and having a'toothed segment at its lower end engaging saidgear, as set forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the box having journalsin its sides open at their upper ends and having stationary end piecesat its top, of the dasher-shaft mounted in said journals and carrying agear, the removable cover fitting between said ends and closing the openupper ends of said journals, an operating-lever pivoted in said coverand having a segment meshing with said gear, and fastening devices forsaid cover, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. CARRICO.

Witnesses: V

N. S. ALLEN, I. BLITZ.

